Plugs and Cars
MAY 11, 2009
Ex-EV1 drivers will be among those taking advantage of their first opportunity to get back in an electric car. Tags: bmw mini e ev1. The leasees, who will have the car for one year, are chomping at the bit. Bill Nye the science guy will put aside his gas-guzzling Prius for twelve months.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 19, 2016
Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 1, 2009
AC Propulsion, the San Dimas, CA, company that birthed the modern-day EV with its AC-150 drive train, was tapped by BMW last year to provide drivetrains for an initial run of 500 Minis. The BMW engineers limit the voltage going to the motor, so it’s not a rocket like the Tesla Roadster, but it does have very strong acceleration.
Baua Electric
MARCH 7, 2024
ALSO READ: Kia EV9 wins 2024 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year award Kia trademarks EV1 to EV9 born EVs in India The post Kia EV9 wins Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 title | Autocar Professional appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 13, 2021
For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1. Perhaps the first electric sub-brand was BMW’s i series, which included the i3 hatchback and i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. BMW’s electric i sub-brand started with the quirky i3. America doesn’t get the ID.3,
Revenge of the Electric Car
MARCH 12, 2009
If you’ve been following the BMW MINI E program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINI E driver is a multistep one. Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINI E.
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 25, 2008
The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. If my speculation holds true congratulations are due both to BMW and AC Propulsion.
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